All Elementary Grades
Language Arts
- Storyline Online - Stories read by actors.
- FunBrain - Fun educational games in the areas of math and "words"
- KidsCom has kids games, chat rooms for kids, video game cheats and other child activities. Our kids' games focus on fun, learning and Internet safety.
Math
- CoolMath4Kids - Great website for all areas in math. Includes a section for 3-5 yr. olds.
- Multiplication - Helps to learn multiplication. Has games, quizzes, activities, etc.
- FunBrain - Fun educational games in the areas of math and "words"
- U.S. Mint - A good web site for lessons with coins that can help teach social studies, math, art, language arts, science and more.
Science
- KidsCom has kids games, chat rooms for kids, video game cheats and other child activities. Our kids' games focus on fun, learning and Internet safety.
Economics
- Tour the Crayola factory: Review the steps needed to make crayons. (Once at the Crayola website, go to "Factory".
- Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory Tour: Picture and text tour.
All Subjects
- BrainPop - Fun educational movies/quizzes in all subject areas - limited to 4 free games per day.
- PBS Kids - Offers educational games to match storybook characters, and much more.
- 4Kids - Play games, links to cool sites, challenges, etc.
- Encyclopedia Britannica - Online reference site.
- World Book Online
Lower Elementary (Grades K-2)
Language Arts
- WordCentral - includes help with making poems (Music Room), a daily "Buzz" word, rhyming dictionary, etc.
Economics
- How things are made - Movies on how products are manufactured. This includes Think About It and Apply It Questions. (Grade 2+)
- Money Sites - Various online games and activities. (all)
- Goods & Services - Interactive activity that explains goods and services (Grade 2+)
- Matching Occupations - Match the occupation with the service they provide. (Grade K+)
- Money Comes and Goes (Grade 2)
- Jeopardy: Primary economics. (Grades 1-2)
Upper Elementary (Grades 3-5)
Science
- National Geographic - website includes educational games, activities and experiments, creature features, cartoon factory, etc.
- CellsAlive - Animations and movies of various cells (plant, animal, bacteria, etc).
- Back Yard Jungle - allows kids to explore their own backyard jungle to explore, map, draw, photograph, observe, and then return to the computer to load descriptions and photos and drawings into the website.
- American Museum of Natural History - The Ology site for kids includes great information about topics on the Earth, Astronomy, Archeology, etc.
- EdHeads - Activities for simple machines, weather, and virtual knee surgery.
- Astronomy for Kids
Social Studies
- The Making of Modern Michigan - Michigan State University received funds to convert most historical documents and pictures to a digital format.
Economics
- Money Sites: Various online games and activities. (all)
- Money Comes and Goes (Grade 3)
- Moneyville: "Get Real" (all)
- Econopolis: designed increase understanding of money, economics, goods, services, producer, consumer, supply, demand, free enterprise, opportunity cost, and trade. (all)
- Jeopardy: Economic definitions (all)
Other
- Students Classroom - resources for creating graphs, helping with math, etc.